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City of London 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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Table: RETURN RELATING TO ALL PERSONS WHO WERE TREATED AT THE TREATMENT CENTRE AT ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL DURING THE YEAR ENDED THE 31st DECEMBER, 1937.

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RETURN RELATING TO ALL PERSONS WHO WERE TREATED AT THE TREATMENT CENTRE AT ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL DURING THE YEAR ENDED THE 31st DECEMBER, 1937.

	Syphilis.		Soft Chancre.		Gonorrhoea.		Conditions other than Venereal.		Totals.
	M.	f.	M.	1 f.	M.	f-	M.	r.	M.	F.	Totals.
1. Number of cases on 1st January under treatment or observation	284	177	7	....	161	17	....	....	452	194	646
2. Number of cases removed from the register during any previous year which returned during the year under report for treatment or observation of the same infection ....	32	19	....	....	38	....	....	....	70	19	89
3. Number of cases dealt with for the first time during the year under report (exclusive of cases under Item 4) suffering from :—
Syphilis, primary	21	2	....	....	....	....	....	....	21	2	23
„ secondary	40	29	....	....	....	....	....	....	40	29	69
„ latent in 1st year of infection	....	7	....	....	....	....	....	....	....	7	7
„ all later stages	54	24	....	....	....	....	....	....	54	24	78
congenital	6	8	....	....	....	....	....	....	6	8	14
Soft Chancre	....	....	9	....	....	....	....	....	9	....	9
Gonorrhoea, 1st year of infection	....	....	....	....	251	34	....	....	251	34	285
later	....	....	....	....	38	....	....	....	38	....	38
Conditions other than venereal	....	....	....	....	....	....	332	Ill	332	111	443
4. Number of cases dealt with for the first time during the year under report known to have received treatment for the same infection, or to have been under observation, at other Centres	9	1	....	....	10	....	....	....	19	1	20
Totals of Items 1, 2, 3 and 4	446	267	16	....	498	51	332	111	1,292	429	1,721
5. Number of cases discharged after completion of treatment and final tests of cure or after diagnosis as non-venereal	11	6	8	....	100	14	332	106	451	126	577
6. Number of cases which ceased to attend before completion of treatment and were, on first attendance, suffering from :—
Syphilis, primary	7	1	....	....	....	....	....	....	7	1	8
„ secondary	11	39	....	....	....	....	....	....	11	39	50
latent in 1st year of infec
tion	....	6	....	....	....	....	....	....	....	6	6
,, all later stages	45	24	....	....	....	....	....	....	45	24	69
„ congenital	....	6	....	....	....	....	....	....	....	6	6
Soft Chancre	....	....	....	....	....	....	....	....	....	....	....
Gonorrhoea, 1st year of infection ....	....	....	....	....	109	13	....	....	109	13	122
„ later	....	....	....	....	30	....	....	....	30	....	30
7. Number of cases which ceased to attend after completion of treatment but before final tests of cure	38	13	6	....	48	....	....	....	92	13	105
8. Number of cases transferred to other Centres or to institutions, or to care of private practitioners	41	16	....	....	30	9	....	....	71	25	96
9. Number of cases remaining under treatment or observation on 31st December	293	156	2	....	181	15	....	5	476	176	652
Totals of Items 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 (These totals should agree with those of Items 1, 2, 3 and 4.)	446	267	16	....	498	51	332	111	1,292	429	1,721
10. Number of cases in the following stages of syphilis included in Item 6 which failed to complete one course of treatment :—
Syphilis, primary	5	....	....	....	....	....	....	....	5	....	5
,, secondary	6	23	....	....	....	....	....	....	6	23	29
„ latent in 1st year of infection	....	4	....	....	....	....	....	....	....	4	4
„ all later stages	11	10	....	....	....	....	....	....	11	10	21
„ congenital...	....	4	....	....	....	....	....	....	....	4	4
11. Number of attendances :—
(a) for individual attention of the medical officer (s)	12,989	7,407	32	....	4,520	773	412	307	17,953	8,487	26,440
(b) for intermediate treatment, e.g., irrigation, dressing	....	....	....	....	5.638	802	....	....	5,638	802	6,440
Total Attendances	12,989	7,407	32	....	10,158	1,575	412	307	23,591	9,289	32,880
12. In-patients
(a) Total number of persons admitted for treatment during the year	2	2	....	....	4	....	....	....	6	2	8
(6) Aggregate number of " inpatient days " of treatment given	2	2	....	....	152	....	....	....	154	2	156